System and Method for Testing Blood Vessel Access Using Powered Fluid Injector Systems

2. The fluid injector system according to claim 1, wherein the test injection procedure is further implementable as at least one of a multi-phase test injection in which the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered is selectable for each phase of the multi-phase test injection prior to performance of the multi-phase test injection, and a fixed single phase test injection in which the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered and the volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered are fixed.

3. The fluid injector system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one fluid to be delivered during the variable single phase test injection is saline.

4. The fluid injector system according to claim 1, wherein, for the variable single phase test injection, a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered is selectable prior to performance of the variable single phase test injection.

5. The fluid injector system according to claim 2, wherein, for the multi-phase test injection, a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered is selectable prior to performance of the multi-phase test injection.

6. The fluid injector system according to claim 2, wherein, for the multi-phase test injection, a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered is different for each phase of the multi-phase test injection.

7. The fluid injector system according to claim 2, wherein, for the multi-phase test injection, the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered is different for each phase of the multi-phase test injection.

8. The fluid injector system according to claim 1, wherein the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered during performance of the variable single phase test injection is varied by varying a speed of the at least one drive member.

9. The fluid injector system according to claim 8, wherein the speed of the at least one drive member is varied via manual input using a control element.

10. The fluid injector system according to claim 1, wherein the programming system is further configured to enable adjusting the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered during the at least one diagnostic injection phase based on a desired flow rate determined during performance of the variable single phase test injection.

11. The fluid injector system according to claim 2, wherein the multi-phase test injection comprises at least a first phase having a first flow rate and a second phase following the first phase, the second phase having a second flow rate.

12. The fluid injector system according to claim 11, wherein the second flow rate is different from the first flow rate.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to enable the user, via the fluid injector system, to select a multi-phase test injection such that, upon selecting the multi-phase test injection, a flow rate at which at least one fluid is to be delivered during the multi-phase test injection is selectable for each phase of the multi-phase test injection prior to performance of the multi-phase test injection, or select a fixed single phase test injection such that, upon selecting the fixed single phase test injection, a flow rate at which at least one fluid is to be delivered during the fixed single phase test injection and a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered during the fixed single phase test injection are fixed.

15. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the at least one fluid to be delivered during at least one of the variable single phase test injection and the multi-phase test injection is saline.

16. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein, for the variable single phase test injection, a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered is selectable prior to performance of the variable single phase test injection.

17. The computer program product according to claim 14, wherein, for the multi-phase test injection, a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered is selectable prior to performance of the multi-phase test injection.

18. The computer program product according to claim 14, wherein, for the multi-phase test injection, a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered is different for each phase of the multi-phase test injection.

19. The computer program product according to claim 14, wherein, for the multi-phase test injection, the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered is different for each phase of the multi-phase test injection.

20. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered during performance of the variable single phase test injection is varied by varying a speed of at least one drive member by which the at least one fluid contained within at least one fluid container is injectable into a patient.

21. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the speed of the at least one drive member is varied via manual input using a control element.

22. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by at least one processor, are further configured to enable adjusting the flow rate at which the at least one fluid is to be delivered during the at least one diagnostic injection phase based on a desired flow rate determined during performance of the variable single phase test injection.

23. The computer program product according to claim 14, wherein the multi-phase test injection comprises at least a first phase having a first flow rate and a second phase following the first phase, the second phase having a second flow rate.

24. The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the second flow rate is different from the first flow rate.